Felix Schürmann

Felix Schürmann is the Computing Director and co-director of the Blue Brain Project at EPFL, where he serves as an adjunct professor. After completing his physics studies at the University of Heidelberg as a German National Academic Foundation scholar, he earned his M.S. in Physics from SUNY Buffalo as a Fulbright Scholar, studying quantum computing simulation under Richard Gonsalves. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Heidelberg under Karlheinz Meier, focusing on neural network hardware implementation. At EPFL's Blue Brain Project, he works alongside Henry Markram and Adriana Salvatore in the Leadership Team, where he guides the project's strategic direction and oversees computing initiatives